{"id":637884,"date":"2024-03-27T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=637884"},"modified":"2024-03-27T11:37:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:37:41","slug":"fabrizio-romano-real-madrid-toni-kroos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/27\/fabrizio-romano-real-madrid-toni-kroos\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cImminent\u201d Fabrizio Romano Reveals Real Madrid Plan for Veteran Midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid are on the verge of renewing Toni Kroos\u2019 contract for another year. The German midfielder is set to extend his stay at Santiago Bernabeu beyond a decade.<\/p>\n<h2>Real Madrid To Extend Contract of Key Playmaker<\/h2>\n<h3>A Glorious Career<\/h3>\n<p>Kroos was already among the best midfielders in Europe when he decided to join Real Madrid in 2014. In the last two years before his exit from Bayern Munich, he claimed a historic treble with the Bavarians and won the World Cup with Germany.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/22\/liverpool-arsenal-united-interested-rodrygo\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal And Manchester United Among Premier League Clubs Interested In Blancos Star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moving to Slain was a fresh start for Kroos, who found himself at the centre of one of Real Madrid\u2019s best-ever squads. He formed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/real-madrid\/2023\/07\/13\/64b05df3268e3e634e8b4575.html#:~:text=The%20Modric%2DKroos%20pairing%20is,%3A%202%2D0%20against%20Cordoba.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iconic partnership<\/a> with Luka Modric, who had joined Los Blancos two years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Together, the midfield pair have won 21 trophies, including four Champions League titles. Both players are now spending the final months of their respective contracts at Santiago Bernabeu.<\/p>\n<p>Modric\u2019s future is unclear amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/luka-modric-real-madrid-saudi-arabia-jude-bellingham-transfer\/blte678b602353b413c\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> interest from Saudi Arabia. However, the club have already made up their mind on extending Kroos\u2019 deal.<\/p>\n<h3>New Update From Fabrizio Romano<\/h3>\n<p>Both Real Madrid and the player have remained silent on his contract situation in recent weeks. However, Los Blancos have reportedly been busy negotiating with their star midfielder behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/22\/bayern-munich-confirms-offer-alphonso-davies\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich Director Confirms \u2018Concrete\u2019 Offer For Blancos-Linked Player<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1772967807380074753?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, a contract agreement is imminent. The German international is set to sign a new one-year deal at the Santiago Bernabeu.<\/p>\n<h3>Double Career Boost for Kroos<\/h3>\n<p>The news of Real Madrid\u2019s decision to give the 34-year-old midfielder a new contract comes a few days after his return to the German national team.<\/p>\n<p>In a friendly match against France, Kroos made his first appearance for Die Mannschaft since 2021. He made headlines by providing <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/03\/24\/toni-kroos-makes-assist-just-seven-seconds-germany-return-20519524\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an assist for Florian Wirtz<\/a> only seven seconds into the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/03\/21\/andriy-lunin-contract-extension-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Already Prepared\u2019 Fabrizio Romano Reveals Blancos Plan For Key Contract Extension<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kroos earned praise from Ronald Koeman after he helped Germany beat Netherlands 2-1 on Tuesday. The Dutch manager said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheEuropeanLad\/status\/1772704827769766180?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AFC AJAX<\/a>): \u201cHe is a fantastic player. We saw vs France that if you give him space, he will give those key passes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The veteran is set to reclaim his midfield spot under Julian Nagelsmann as Germany prepares to host the Euro 2024 tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid are on the verge of renewing Toni Kroos\u2019 contract for another year. The German midfielder is set to extend his stay at Santiago Bernabeu beyond a decade. Real Madrid To Extend Contract of Key Playmaker A Glorious Career Kroos was already among the best midfielders in Europe when he decided to join Real [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5073,"featured_media":637895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,6,1366,7188,28],"tags":[530],"class_list":["post-637884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-la-liga","category-real-madrid","category-rumours","category-transfers","tag-toni-kroos"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}